Toilet-mirror



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN JOHNSON, OF SACO, MAINE, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND HOWARD TILDEN, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

TOILET-MIRROR.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 50,659, dated October 24, 1865.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN JOHNSON, of Saco, in the county of York and State ot' Maine,have invented an Improvement in Toilet-Mirrors; and I do hereby that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My improvement in toilet-mirrors is intended to be used for the inspection ot' the teeth, mouth, and other parts that are not visible except by double reflections. It is also useful for the examination of the hair and the back of the head, for which purpose the instrument is made larger than for the mouth or other cavities.

The common mode of holding one glass in the hand. and reiecting an ima-ge in a fixed mirror is inconvenient, while by the combination of mirrors adopted in my improvement the parts that are to be examined are readily brought into view.

Figure I is a perspective view ot' the mirror. Fig. II is a longitudinal section, showing the instrument folded and placed in a case.

A strip ot stili' leather or cardbOard,ABO, forms a holder or support for two mirrors, I and J, placed at the ends of the holder. The

small mirror l is placed inthe frame Gr, attached to the end A of the holder, the` mirror J being held in the frame H, which is fastened to the opposite end, O. The iexible. support A B O is folded together at the point D and E, as represented in Fig. Il, to adapt it to the case N O. The rays ot' light that lall upon the small glass I from the object to be examined are retlected to the eye from the large glass J, the adjustment of the glasses to the proper position being made by .means ot' the parts A and O and the joints D and E.

W'hen the holder is made ot wood, hinges or universal joints are used at the points of flexure D and E, which allow the glasses to move directly back and forth with reference to each other, and also to be turned or twisted as occasion requires.

That l claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The exible and adjustable holder carrying a mirror at each end, combined and arranged substantially as herein described, and for the purpose specified.

JOHN JOHNSON. [L. s]

In presence of- MTCHAEL J. HAVILAN, CHARLES S. SEELY. 

